According to Fred Bronson:
“Sean Kingston continues his domination of The Billboard Hot 100, as ‘Beautiful Girls’ tops the list for the second week. That chart-topper has put songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in first place for the first time in 48 years.”
Leiber and Stoller wrote such songs as “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Stand By Me,” “Spanish Harlem,” “On Broadway,” “Love Potion #9,” “Kansas City,” “There Goes My Baby,” “Fools Fall In Love,” and “Ruby Baby.” And just about everything by The Coasters.
Meanwhile a song written by Lennon and McCartney is in the Country Top 100, “Revolution,” by Rascal Flatts.
And Ella Fitzgerald has an album in the Top 200, “Love Letters from Ella,” a Starbucks album. Bronson notes that Ella’s career began in 1934, her first “chart” appearance was 51 years ago.
Not an oldie, Carrie Underwood has “the highest new entry ever for a solo female artist” — “So Small.”